Description
Book SynopsisReasoning about God is an introduction to philosophy of religion, meeting college students where they are with their own doubts and questions. Each chapter begins with a passage from a fictional student, who raises intellectual problems against God, which is followed by the author's informed and easy-to-understand analysis. This debate structure allows student readers to clearly see the clash of ideas, gets them involved in the issues, and encourages their critical thinking (since students are pushed to find flaws in the ideas). It emulates the structure the author followed successfully in his Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction, which is now in its third edition and has been translated five times into other languages. This structure works well in philosophy of religion, even better than in does in ethics.
Key Features of Reasoning about God:
- Written clearly and concisely, making difficult issues easy to understand.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Growing Up, Freud, Science 2. Is Religion Harmful? 3. Logical Positivism 4. Is There Life after Death? 5. Is There a First Cause? 6. Is the Universe Designed? 7. Three Paths + Polytheism 8. Does Suffering Disprove God? 9. Why So Many Religions? 10. Is Ethics Based on Religion? 11. The Meaning of Life
